Ingersoll, US

Allen Ingersoll, Lawson, MO US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20080263997

Folding blade for insulation bagger - An apparatus for folding and packaging fibrous insulation batts. The apparatus comprises an unfolded batt conveyor assembly configured to move fibrous insulation batts in a machine path. The apparatus also includes a folding section. The folding section includes a folding blade and an actuator. The actuator is configured to move the folding blade along a blade path that intersects the machine path. The folding blade has a leading surface configured to contact and fold the fibrous insulation batts around the folding blade. The leading surface has a width and a length. The width of the leading surface is at least five inches. The width of the leading surface is sufficient to provide a c-shaped fold in the fibrous insulation batt. The c-shaped fold has an internal c-shaped fold width approximately equal to the width of the leading surface. A gripper assembly is configured to receive and move the folded fibrous insulation batts along the blade path that intersects the machine path. The gripper assembly is further configured to cooperate with a folded batt delivery assembly to move the folded insulation batts in the machine path. A packaging section is configured to receive and package the folded fibrous insulation batts.

10-30-2008

Anita Ingersoll, Carlsbad, CA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20100253058

Login and password address book - This address book is new and unique as it will be functioning as a storage of only internet addresses and information pertaining to and or necessary for usage of a website. The titles for recording line items are; name, login, password, and URL.

10-07-2010

Christopher Todd Ingersoll, Berkeley, CA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20100205522

REGISTRY DRIVEN INTEROPERABILITY AND EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS - The present invention relates to systems and methods for registry driven transformation of a document exchanged between businesses or applications. More particularly, it relates to systems and protocols for using one or more commonly accessible registries to transform electronic commerce documents among dissimilar interfaces, preferably XML documents. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.

08-12-2010

20140164898

REGISTRY DRIVEN INTEROPERABILITY AND EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS - The present invention relates to systems and methods for registry driven transformation of a document exchanged between businesses or applications. More particularly, it relates to systems and protocols for using one or more commonly accessible registries to transform electronic commerce documents among dissimilar interfaces, preferably XML documents. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.

David Ingersoll, Grant, MI US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20130098212

TELESCOPIC EXTENSION DEVICE FOR A HANDLE OF A WRENCH - A telescopic extension device for a handle of a wrench includes three sliding overlapping concentric tubular members. A mechanism is for retaining the three tubular members in an extended position. When the three tubular members are in the extended position, the handle of the wrench will snugly fit into a front end of the first tubular member having the smallest diameter, so as to help increase the amount of torque applied by a person using the wrench to either loosen and tighten a nut and bolt.

04-25-2013

Eric D. Ingersoll, Cambridge, MA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20110061741

Compressor and/or Expander Device - Systems and methods for operating a hydraulically actuated device/system are described herein. For example, systems and methods for the compression and/or expansion of gas can include at least one pressure vessel defining an interior region for retaining at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas and an actuator coupled to and in fluid communication with the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a first mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved to compress and move gas out of the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a second mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved by an expanding gas entering the pressure vessel. The system can further include a heat transfer device configured to transfer heat to or from the at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas retained by the pressure vessel.

03-17-2011

20110062166

Compressor and/or Expander Device - Systems and methods for operating a hydraulically actuated device/system are described herein. For example, systems and methods for the compression and/or expansion of gas can include at least one pressure vessel defining an interior region for retaining at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas and an actuator coupled to and in fluid communication with the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a first mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved to compress and move gas out of the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a second mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved by an expanding gas entering the pressure vessel. The system can further include a heat transfer device configured to transfer heat to or from the at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas retained by the pressure vessel.

03-17-2011

20110258996

SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY OF A HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED SYSTEM - Systems and methods for efficiently operating a hydraulically actuated device/system are described herein. For example, systems and methods for efficiently operating a gas compression and expansion energy storage system are disclosed herein. Systems and methods are provided for controlling and operating the hydraulic actuators used within a hydraulically actuated device/system, such as, for example, a gas compression and/or expansion energy system, within a desired efficiency range of the hydraulic pump(s)/motor(s) used to supply or receive pressurized hydraulic fluid to or from the hydraulic actuators. In such a system, a variety of different operating regimes can be used depending on the desired output gas pressure and the desired stored pressure of the compressed gas. Hydraulic cylinders used to drive working pistons within the system can be selectively actuated to achieve varying force outputs to incrementally increase the gas pressure within the system for a given cycle.

10-27-2011

20110258999

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR OPTIMIZING HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN A COMPRESSION AND/OR EXPANSION DEVICE - Systems, methods and devices for optimizing heat transfer within a device or system used to compress and/or expand a gas, such as air, are described herein. For example, systems, methods and devices for optimizing the heat transfer within an air compression and expansion energy storage system are described herein. A compressor and/or expander device can include one or more of various embodiments of a heat transfer element that can be disposed within an interior of a cylinder or pressure vessel used in the compression and/or expansion of a gas, such as air. Such devices can include hydraulic and/or pneumatic actuators to move a fluid (e.g., liquid or gas) within the cylinder or pressure vessel. The heat transfer element can be used to remove heat energy generated during a compression and/or expansion process.

10-27-2011

20120057998

SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY OF A HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED SYSTEM - Systems and methods for efficiently operating a hydraulically actuated device/system are described herein. For example, systems and methods for efficiently operating a gas compression and expansion energy storage system are disclosed herein. Systems and methods are provided for controlling and operating the hydraulic actuators used within a hydraulically actuated device/system, such as, for example, a gas compression and/or expansion energy system, within a desired efficiency range of the hydraulic pump(s)/motor(s) used to supply or receive pressurized hydraulic fluid to or from the hydraulic actuators. In such a system, a variety of different operating regimes can be used depending on the desired output gas pressure and the desired stored pressure of the compressed gas. Hydraulic cylinders used to drive working pistons within the system can be selectively actuated to achieve varying force outputs to incrementally increase the gas pressure within the system for a given cycle.

03-08-2012

20120073432

COMPRESSOR AND/OR EXPANDER DEVICE WITH ROLLING PISTON SEAL - An apparatus can include a piston movably disposed within a pressure vessel and defines a first interior region and a second interior region. The piston has a first position in which the first interior contains a gas having a first pressure and has a volume greater than the second interior region, and a second position in which the second interior region contains a gas having a second pressure and has a volume greater than the first interior region. A seal member is attached to the piston and to the pressure vessel. The seal member has a first configuration in which at least a portion of the seal member is disposed at a first position when the piston is in its first position, and a second configuration in which the portion of the seal member is disposed at a second position when the piston is in its second position.

03-29-2012

20120096845

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING AND/OR EXPANDING A GAS UTILIZING A BI-DIRECTIONAL PISTON AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - Systems, methods and devices for optimizing bi-directional piston movement within a device or system used to compress and/or expand a gas, such as air, are described herein. In some embodiments, a compressed air device and/or system can include a first pneumatic cylinder, a second pneumatic cylinder, a hydraulic actuator, and a hydraulic controller. The first pneumatic cylinder has a first working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the first pneumatic cylinder and the hydraulic actuator is coupled to the first working piston. The second pneumatic cylinder has a second working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the second pneumatic cylinder. The hydraulic controller is fluidically coupleable to the hydraulic actuator and is operable in a compression mode.

04-26-2012

20120102935

SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HEAT REMOVAL WITHIN A COMPRESSION AND/OR EXPANSION DEVICE OR SYSTEM - Systems, methods and devices for optimizing heat transfer within a device or system used to compress and/or expand a gas, such as air, are described herein. In some embodiments, a compressed air device and/or system can include an actuator such as a hydraulic actuator that can be used to compress a gas within a pressure vessel. An actuator can be actuated to move a liquid into a pressure vessel such that the liquid compresses gas within the pressure vessel. In such a compressor/expander device or system, during the compression and/or expansion process, heat can be transferred to the liquid used to compress the air. The compressor/expander device or system can include a liquid purge system that can be used to remove at least a portion of the liquid to which the heat energy has been transferred such that the liquid can be cooled and then recycled within the system.

05-03-2012

20120102954

COMPRESSION/EXPANSION PROCESS THAT ALLOWS TEMPERATURE TO VARY INDEPENDENT OF PRESSURE - Systems and methods are described herein to operate an air compression and/or expansion system in its most efficient regime, at a desired efficiency, and/or achieve a desired pressure ratio independent of discharge temperature, with little to no impact on thermal efficiency. For example, systems and methods are provided for controlling and operating hydraulic pumps/motors used within a hydraulically actuated device/system, such as, for example, a gas compression and/or expansion energy system, in its most efficient regime, continuously, substantially continuously, intermittently, or varied throughout an operating cycle or stroke of the system to achieve any desired pressure and temperature profile. Such systems and methods can achieve any desired pressure ratio independent of input or discharge temperature, and can also achieve any desired discharge temperature independent of pressure ratio, without altering any of the structural components of the device or system.

05-03-2012

20120174569

COMPENSATED COMPRESSED GAS STORAGE SYSTEMS - Systems, devices and methods for the compression, expansion, and/or storage of a gas are described herein. An apparatus suitable for use in a compressed gas-based energy storage and recovery system includes a pneumatic cylinder having a working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the pneumatic cylinder, a hydraulic actuator coupled to the working piston, and a hydraulic controller fluidically coupleable to the hydraulic actuator. The apparatus is fluidically coupleable to a compressed gas storage chamber which includes a first storage chamber fluidically coupleable to the pneumatic chamber, and a second storage chamber is fluidically coupleable to the first storage chamber. The first storage chamber is disposed at a first elevation and is configured to contain a liquid and a gas. The second storage chamber is disposed at a second elevation greater than the first elevation, and is configured to contain a volume of liquid.

07-12-2012

20120222424

COMPRESSOR AND/OR EXPANDER DEVICE - An apparatus can include a pressure vessel that defines an interior region that can contain a liquid and/or a gas. A piston is movably disposed within the interior region of the pressure vessel. A divider is fixedly disposed within the interior region of the pressure vessel and divides the interior region into a first interior region on a first side of the divider and a second interior region on a second, opposite side of the divider. The piston is movable between a first position in which fluid having a first pressure is disposed within the first interior region and the first interior region has a volume less than a volume of the second interior region, and a second position in which fluid having a second pressure is disposed within the second interior region and the second interior region has a volume less than a volume of the first interior region.

09-06-2012

20130305704

COMPRESSOR AND/OR EXPANDER DEVICE - Systems and methods for operating a hydraulically actuated device/system are described herein. For example, systems and methods for the compression and/or expansion of gas can include at least one pressure vessel defining an interior region for retaining at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas and an actuator coupled to and in fluid communication with the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a first mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved to compress and move gas out of the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a second mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved by an expanding gas entering the pressure vessel. The system can further include a heat transfer device configured to transfer heat to or from the at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas retained by the pressure vessel.

11-21-2013

20140109566

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR OPTIMIZING HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN A COMPRESSION AND/OR EXPANSION DEVICE - Systems, methods and devices for optimizing heat transfer within a device or system used to compress and/or expand a gas, such as air, are described herein. For example, systems, methods and devices for optimizing the heat transfer within an air compression and expansion energy storage system are described herein. A compressor and/or expander device can include one or more of various embodiments of a heat transfer element that can be disposed within an interior of a cylinder or pressure vessel used in the compression and/or expansion of a gas, such as air. Such devices can include hydraulic and/or pneumatic actuators to move a fluid (e.g., liquid or gas) within the cylinder or pressure vessel. The heat transfer element can be used to remove heat energy generated during a compression and/or expansion process.

04-24-2014

20140190152

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING AND/OR EXPANDING A GAS UTILIZING A BI-DIRECTIONAL PISTON AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - Systems, methods and devices for optimizing bi-directional piston movement within a device or system used to compress and/or expand a gas, such as air, are described herein. In some embodiments, a compressed air device and/or system can include a first pneumatic cylinder, a second pneumatic cylinder, a hydraulic actuator, and a hydraulic controller. The first pneumatic cylinder has a first working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the first pneumatic cylinder and the hydraulic actuator is coupled to the first working piston. The second pneumatic cylinder has a second working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the second pneumatic cylinder. The hydraulic controller is fluidically coupleable to the hydraulic actuator and is operable in a compression mode and an expansion mode.

07-10-2014

20140238500

COMPRESSOR AND/OR EXPANDER DEVICE WITH ROLLING PISTON SEAL - An apparatus can include a piston movably disposed within a pressure vessel and defines a first interior region and a second interior region. The piston has a first position in which the first interior contains a gas having a first pressure and has a volume greater than the second interior region, and a second position in which the second interior region contains a gas having a second pressure and has a volume greater than the first interior region. A seal member is attached to the piston and to the pressure vessel. The seal member has a first configuration in which at least a portion of the seal member is disposed at a first position when the piston is in its first position, and a second configuration in which the portion of the seal member is disposed at a second position when the piston is in its second position.

08-28-2014

20140250880

SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HEAT REMOVAL WITHIN A COMPRESSION AND/OR EXPANSION DEVICE OR SYSTEM - Systems, methods and devices for optimizing heat transfer within a device or system used to compress and/or expand a gas, such as air, are described herein. In some embodiments, a compressed air device and/or system can include an actuator such as a hydraulic actuator that can be used to compress a gas within a pressure vessel. An actuator can be actuated to move a liquid into a pressure vessel such that the liquid compresses gas within the pressure vessel. In such a compressor/expander device or system, during the compression and/or expansion process, heat can be transferred to the liquid used to compress the air. The compressor/expander device or system can include a liquid purge system that can be used to remove at least a portion of the liquid to which the heat energy has been transferred such that the liquid can be cooled and then recycled within the system.

09-11-2014

20140369857

DEVICE FOR IMPROVED HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN A COMPRESSION AND/OR EXPANSION SYSTEM - A compression and expansion system includes a pressure vessel having a variable volume working chamber therein. The pressure vessel has a conduit through which at least one fluid can be introduced into and discharged from the working chamber. The system further includes a heat transfer element disposed within the working chamber and including a layer and at least one of a fin and a spacing element. The pressure vessel is operable to compress fluid introduced into the working chamber such that heat energy is transferred from the compressed fluid to the heat transfer element, and is further operable to expand fluid introduced into the working chamber such that heat energy is transferred from the heat transfer element to the expanded fluid.

12-18-2014

20150089948

COMPRESSOR AND/OR EXPANDER DEVICE - Systems and methods for operating a hydraulically actuated device/system are described herein. For example, systems and methods for the compression and/or expansion of gas can include at least one pressure vessel defining an interior region for retaining at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas and an actuator coupled to and in fluid communication with the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a first mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved to compress and move gas out of the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a second mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved by an expanding gas entering the pressure vessel. The system can further include a heat transfer device configured to transfer heat to or from the at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas retained by the pressure vessel.

Eric D. Ingersoll, Cambride, MA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20110061836

Compressor and/or Expander Device - Systems and methods for operating a hydraulically actuated device/system are described herein. For example, systems and methods for the compression and/or expansion of gas can include at least one pressure vessel defining an interior region for retaining at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas and an actuator coupled to and in fluid communication with the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a first mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved to compress and move gas out of the pressure vessel. The actuator can have a second mode of operation in which a volume of liquid disposed within the pressure vessel is moved by an expanding gas entering the pressure vessel. The system can further include a heat transfer device configured to transfer heat to or from the at least one of a volume of liquid or a volume of gas retained by the pressure vessel.

03-17-2011

Frederick T. Ingersoll, Verona, NY US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20130087991

Goose-neck Trailer Hitch Guide - A goose-neck trailer hitch guide uses a reference strap held by support posts attached by suction cups to opposite side walls of a truck. The reference strap is oriented in a plane between vertical and horizontal to face a driver in the tow vehicle who can then move a center indicator on the strap into alignment with a hitch pipe of the trailer until the strap touches the hitch pipe, which assuredly brings the hitch into registry with a hitch ball in the bed of the tow vehicle.

04-11-2013

Linda J. Ingersoll, Corning, NY US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20120301664

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN OUTER CEMENT SKIN AND A CEMENT THEREFOR - Disclosed is a honeycomb catalyst support structure comprising a honeycomb body and an outer layer or skin formed of a cement comprising an amorphous glass powder with a multimodal particle size distribution applied to an exterior surface of the honeycomb body. The multimodal particle size distribution is achieved through the use of a first glass powder having a first median particle size and at least a second glass powder having a second median particle size. In some embodiments, the first and second glass powders are the same amorphous glass consisting of fused silica. The cement may further include a fine-grained, sub-micron sized silica in the form of colloidal silica. The cement exhibits a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 15×10

11-29-2012

Linda Jane Ingersoll, Wilmington, NC US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20150175483

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN OUTER CEMENT SKIN AND A CEMENT THEREFOR - Disclosed is a honeycomb catalyst support structure comprising a honeycomb body and an outer layer or skin formed of a cement comprising an amorphous glass powder with a multimodal particle size distribution applied to an exterior surface of the honeycomb body. The multimodal particle size distribution is achieved through the use of a first glass powder having a first median particle size and at least a second glass powder having a second median particle size. In some embodiments, the first and second glass powders are the same amorphous glass consisting of fused silica. The cement may further include a fine-grained, sub-micron sized silica in the form of colloidal silica. The cement exhibits a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 15×10

06-25-2015

Mark Allen Ingersoll, Palm Bay, FL US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20090058849

GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA IN SUCCESSIVE ADDITIVE LAYERS OF RESOLUTION AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial data storage device containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data, and also containing geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data and being retrievable in successive additive layers of resolution. The system may further include at least one geospatial data access device comprising a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial data storage device to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial texture data may advantageously be retrieved and displayed in successive additive layers of resolution.

03-05-2009

20090058854

GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA BASED UPON USER-SELECTED POINT-OF-VIEW AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial database containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data and geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data. At least one geospatial data access device may also be included and comprise a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial database to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial data access device(s) may further comprise at least one user input device cooperating with the processor for permitting user selection of a point-of-view (POV) within the scene on the display with the POV determining revealed portions and obscured portions of 3D geospatial structures within the scene on the display. The processor may selectively retrieve geospatial texture data based upon the revealed portions and not the obscured portions.

03-05-2009

20120256918

GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA IN SUCCESSIVE ADDITIVE LAYERS OF RESOLUTION AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial data storage device containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data, and also containing geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data and being retrievable in successive additive lavers of resolution. The system may further include at least one geospatial data access device comprising a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial data storage device to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial texture data may advantageously be retrieved and displayed in successive additive layers of resolution.

10-11-2012

20120256919

GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA BASED UPON USER-SELECTED POINT-OF-VIEW AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial database containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data and geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data. At least one geospatial data access device may also be included and comprise a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial database to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial data access device(s) may further comprise at least one user input device cooperating with the processor for permitting user selection of a point-of-view (POV) within the scene on the display with the POV determining revealed portions and obscured portions of 3D geospatial structures within the scene on the display. The processor may selectively retrieve geospatial texture data based upon the revealed portions and not the obscured portions.

10-11-2012

Mark F. Ingersoll, North Java, NY US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20130052060

RECHARGEABLE BATTERY POWERED UTILITY PUMP WITH SERIES CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONFIGURATION - A utility pump is provided featuring a housing and battery configuration, where the housing is configured with a series configuration of integral pumps, and also configured with a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals for receiving power for providing to the series configuration of the integral pumps, and where the battery has a protruding portion with corresponding electrical terminals configured to contact the electrical terminals to provide power to the series configuration of the integral pumps when the protruding portion of the battery is inserted into the battery receiving portion of the housing and rotated in one direction to an “ON” position, and also configured not to contact the electrical terminals when the battery is not rotated to the “ON” position.

02-28-2013

Mark T. Ingersoll, Atascadero, CA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20090054820

STATIC PROGRESSIVE PRONATION SUPINATION SPLINT - A patient care system for providing static progressive positioning of body members in pronation or supination, the system includes a positioning assembly that rotatably positions a first body engaging assembly relative to a second body engaging assembly for static progressive positioning of a body joint in pronation or supination.

02-26-2009

Minneola Ingersoll, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20110026468

MULTI-NETWORK TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for centralized routing of voice communication over multiple communication networks including receiving at an electronic call routing system an incoming call from a calling device to a first telephone number of a mobile device. The method further includes selecting a calling address of the mobile device from among a voice over internet protocol address of the mobile device on an internet protocol network and a cellular telephone number of the mobile device on a cellular telephone network. The first telephone number is different than the cellular telephone number and the selection of the calling address is performed substantially without participation by the cellular telephone network. The method further includes connecting the incoming call to the selected calling address of the mobile device.

Sally Ingersoll, Des Moines, IA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20080272918

MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING FALLS - A medical device is beneficial to protect a patient in a care facility from a fall by remotely alerting a caregiver of patient's unsafe mobility before the fall using a motion sensor having an alarm. The medical device uses an operating module with a wireless transmitter integrated into the motion sensor for broadcasting the alarm as an alert signal to notify the caregiver of patient's unsafe motion. A wireless receiver with the caregiver receives the alert signal from the wireless transmitter. The alert signal identifies the motion sensor that was activated so the caregiver can respond to prevent the patient from falling.

Tiffany E. Ingersoll, New Bern, NC US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20140150768

DOMESTIC COOKING APPLIANCE HAVING SIDE WALL TRIM MOUNTING - A domestic cooking appliance having a side trim panel system. The appliance includes a mounting bracket attached to the appliance, the mounting bracket being of a universal configuration such that it can be attached to either the left or right side of the appliance outside of a zone adjacent to a cooking space; and a side trim panel that attaches to the mounting bracket and the appliance, the side trim panel being of a universal configuration such that it can be attached to the mounting bracket and the appliance when the first mounting bracket is attached to either the left or right side of the appliance. The side trim panel attaches to the mounting bracket by a friction fit, and where the side trim panel attaches directly to the appliance, it only attaches to the appliance outside of the zone.

06-05-2014

20140150771

COOKTOP VENTILATION AND COOLING SYSTEM - A domestic cooking appliance is provided. The appliance includes an oven having an oven exhaust duct located above the oven, and an exhaust fan for moving cooling air though the oven exhaust duct and out of an exhaust opening located at an upper rear location of the oven; and a cooktop located above the oven, the cooktop having a main unit configured to be positioned above the oven and having a container support for supporting cooking containers to be heated by the cooktop; and a ventilation system for routing cooling air through the main unit, the ventilation system having a cooling air inlet located at a bottom front of the main unit and above the oven, and a cooktop duct that channels the cooling air from the cooling air inlet to the container support or channels the cooling air from the container support to the oven air exhaust duct.

06-05-2014

20140150773

DOMESTIC COOKING APPLIANCE WITH ADJUSTABLE GAS SWITCH MOUNTING SYSTEM - A domestic cooking appliance having a gas burner and a control panel assembly is provided. The assembly includes a control panel cover; a gas switch for regulating an amount of gas delivered to the gas burner; and a mounting bracket having a front section that contacts a back side of the control panel cover, a set back section that contacts the front side of the gas switch, a top section that contacts the top of the gas switch, a bottom section that contacts the bottom of the gas switch, and a tab that extends from the top section of the mounting bracket and is attached to the top section of the mounting bracket such that it is bendable from an installation position to a switch-retaining position. The tab presses against the back side of the gas switch when the tab is in the switch-retaining position.

06-05-2014

Tiffany L. Ingersoll, Ankeny, IA US

Wayne Brandon Ingersoll, Cambridge, MA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20150045856

LICE EGG REMOVAL TOOL - The present invention is relates to a tool for killing lice eggs comprising a body having proximal and distal ends and a comb comprising a first plurality of conductive tines alternating with a second plurality of conductive tines. A plurality of openings are defined by adjacent ones of the first and second plurality of conductive tines, wherein a width of the plurality of openings is less than or equal to 0.2 mm. A first electrical circuit is provided in electrical communication with the comb, the electrical circuit adapted to generate a potential difference between the first and second plurality of tines.

02-12-2015

Wyllys Ingersoll, Ashburn, VA US

Patent application number

Description

Published

20140259090

Storage Object Distribution System with Dynamic Policy Controls - System and methods for storage object distribution using dynamic policy controls are provided. An embodiment method of updating a policy on an endpoint node includes receiving, from a key management server, an update to be applied to the policy on the endpoint node, updating, on the endpoint node, the policy without modifying applications on the endpoint node, and enforcing, on the endpoint node, the policy as updated when one of the applications requests an object stored on the endpoint node. In an embodiment, the method further includes storing, at the endpoint node, an object received from the key management server to appear as a file in a file system structure.